3D/2D Animator

Job Summary
Look and feel is central to the player experience, and we aim to make the best looking casino games the world has ever seen. As an animator at Relax, you will create stunning visual effects that come alive and excite our players. You have a profound understanding of animation principles, color theory, user experiences, and visual effects. Fast conceptual iterations come as natural to you as rendering final work and implementing optimized in-game animations to the finished product.

This job is all about that wow-factor, increasing game anticipation and enhancing the excitement of winning streaks.

Our studio will have several game projects running simultaneously so expect the freedom to dynamically work with a wide variety of projects and art styles as well as contributing to several new and old IP’s.

Responsibilities:
- Creating 2D and 3D skeletal animations, rigs, basic geometry and textures
- Creating stunning effects that reward players as well as communicate in-game information
- Playing a big role in the concept phase and animating proof of concepts
- Optimizing assets for file size and performance

Required skills:

- You have completed education or equivalent work experience as an animator
- Experience in Maya/ After Effects / Spine/ WebGL
- You thrive in a fast-paced environment and embrace having many projects running at the same time
- An excellent understanding of visual communication and user experience
- Experience using Adobe After Effects and Creative Cloud software
- Passionate about games, with an understanding of game-play mechanics
- You’re a positive team player that gladly speaks your mind
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English

Bonus points for…
- Experience using Spine animation software
- 3D modeling, lighting and rendering skills
- Experience using particle editors for pre-visualizing VFX
- Experience from JavaScript and HTML5 game development
- Experience in agile methodologies
- Interest in casino games

Location:
The Malmö studio is perfectly located on Lilla torg, right in the middle of the beautiful old parts of the city. It’s a five minute walk from the central station and all types of shopping and restaurants can be found right outside our doorstep.

The Relax Gaming Group is a B2B supplier for the online gambling industry. We are regulated by the UK Gambling Commission, the Malta Gaming Authority, the Alderney Gambling Control Commission, Romania ONJN and Spillemyndigheden in Denmark.

Growing presence in key regulated markets is part of our strategy and sets high expectations on professionalism, diligence, and processes. Relax operates three product verticals; Bingo, Poker, and Casino. Casino being the fastest growing of the three with over 100 games live and a distribution network of over 50 direct integrations to major European operators.

Relax has offices in Malta, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, and Serbia.